Physician Assistant - NE
On-siteNew York City, New York, United States
Job Summary
Conduct patient assessments, complete physical examinations, and collect clinical data including vital signs and specimens. Diagnose medical conditions, administer medications, perform minor surgery, and order and interpret laboratory test results. Staff the outpatient addiction medicine clinic and coordinate care for inpatient consult services across Trauma, Surgery, Medicine, Pediatrics, and Ob/Gyn. Manage ED patients with opioid use disorder, provide clinical support for providers, and collaborate with community partners for medical assisted therapy. Ensure accurate patient coding, maintain detailed medical reports, and manage inventory of supplies and instruments. Serve as a resource and team leader during shifts to facilitate patient triaging, treatment, and discharge.
Required Qualifications
- Medical licensure
- Knowledge of anatomy
- Knowledge of principles or theories of neurology
- Knowledge of microbiology
- Knowledge of physiology
- Knowledge of psychology
- Knowledge of human disabilities
- Knowledge of pharmacology
- Knowledge of gerontology
- Knowledge of human growth and development
- Knowledge of human developmental disease
- Knowledge of medical terminology
- Ability to conduct patient assessments
- Ability to complete physical examinations
- Ability to collect clinical data including vital signs
- Ability to collect specimens
- Ability to prepare patients for tests, therapy, or treatments
- Ability to order and interpret medical laboratory test results
- Ability to diagnose medical condition of patient
- Ability to administer medications or treatments
- Ability to perform minor surgery
- Knowledge of information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities
- Knowledge of symptoms
- Knowledge of treatment alternatives
- Knowledge of drug properties and interactions
- Knowledge of preventive health-care measures
- Ability to staff outpatient addiction medicine clinic
- Ability to round and coordinate care for inpatient consult service
- Ability to coordinate care for ED patients who present with opioid use disorder
- Ability to work with attending physicians to provide clinical support and education for providers caring for patients with opioid use disorder
- Ability to collaborate with community partners to enhance access to medical assisted therapy for opioid use disorder
- Ability to complete accurate patient coding
- Ability to maintain accurate and detailed patient medical reports
- Ability to maintain inventory of medical supplies and instruments
- Ability to serve as a resource and team leader during clinical shifts
- Ability to ensure smooth flow of patient processing, treatment and discharge
- Ability to perform patient triaging
- Ability to access and protect HIPAA Protected Health Information
- Ability to ensure information access is based on a need to know
- Ability to ensure use or disclosure does not exceed minimum amount of information needed
- Ability to ensure information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification
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